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Indian Economics, 2002.
Explores India's export policy in the 1960s and its impact on the country's economic development from then till now.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 69.95
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India is a country that has become a subject of increasing popularity among economists and social scientists. Much of this has to do with the fact that as the nation approaches one billion in population the challenge of achieving economic development has not reduced since the country's day of independence just after the Second World War. At the same time, Indian leaders have been characterised by their desire to implement economy-wide plans, which have met with varying degrees of success. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper will be to examine the topic of economic planning and development in India. This will focus on India's export policy in the 1960s and its impact on the country's economic development from that time till now.
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Indian Economics, 2003.
A discussion of the current economic status of India.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper examines the economic issues and instabilities of India due to the country's irrational economic policies, overwhelming military expenditures and its growing computer industry. It looks at how the scenery of Indian economy has been strongly characterized by state?s interventions since the 1991 crisis and how, since then, India has hypothetically lived a dynamic and active process of liberalization of its own economy that consented the country, in the last few years, to delineate its enormous potentials. It shows how the traditional sectors of the economy are agricultural and manufacture and how the latter is favored by the numerous natural resources and by the low costs of labor.
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"Seventy percent of the Indians live in rural areas. When it is talked about cutting rural development and services, it means that most of the Indians will suffer. ?The finance minister failed to tax the rich and took the easy option of borrowing, raising that target by almost 40%?(Bidwai, 2). The outcome was a raise in the prices of wheat and rice distributed to the officially poor to cut the dept owed to the IMF. On the other side though, the finance minister, had cut taxes in export profits, and electronic equipments to the already thriving entertainment, and information technology industry. Not to mention the increase of military expenditures by 28.8 percent, exceeding the total expenditure on primary education, health care and social welfare. India, does not have a middle class; the new graduates start with salaries as high as $120,000 a year. Such income is spent in luxury goods, while it would be of great help in promoting some private investments for the well being of the rest of the population."
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Indian Economics and Politics, 1999.
Examines these issues in the 20th Century, focusing on the 1990s. Discusses leadership, parties, unrest, reform, development, liberalization, foreign investment and exchange, growth and trade.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, £ 84.95
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Agitation against British colonial rule grew during the 1920s and 1930s. At independence in 1947 differences between Hindus and Muslims led to partition of British India into present-day India and Pakistan (from which Bangladesh broke away in 1971).
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"Political History
Agitation against British colonial rule grew during the 1920s and 1930s. At independence in 1947 differences between Hindus and Muslims led to partition of British India into present-day India and Pakistan (from which Bangladesh broke away in 1971). India became a sovereign republic in 1950 under a constitution adopted in 1949. In addition to staggering problems of overpopulation, economic underdevelopment, and inadequate social services, India had to achieve the integration of the former princely state into the union and the creation of national unity from diverse cultural and linguistic groups (Basham, 1984).
India's major foreign problems have been a border dispute with China that first surfaced in 1957, and continual conflicts with Pakistan. In the ..."
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Public Choice Theory And Indian Economic History, 2004.
Applies the Public Choice Theory and Indian economic history.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper examines the Public Choice Theory and deadweight loss as they apply to Indian economic history.
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"India's economic history has been a case study for economists of the Public Choice Theory school. The maxim held by all free market economists is that people are motivated mainly be their self-interests. Although people often do act based on their concern for other people the basic motive behind a person's actions is typically a concern for their own self. Public Choice theorists take this self interest and ascribe it to the people in power. Public Choice economists believe that people acting in the political marketplace are ..."
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Indian Economic Development, 2002.
Disusses the results of trade liberalization on the Indian economy since the 1990s.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 69.95
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This paper examines the impact of economic reforms in India since 1991. It outlines the centrally planned tradition of the Indian economy and the radical policy change of the early 1990s. Ten years later it evaluates India in the wake of trade liberalization and globalization.
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Secret Economics: The Economic Impact of the Vietnam War, 2002.
This paper is an analysis of the economic impact that the Vietnam War had on the American economy.
2,440 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 52.95
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This paper attempts to estimate what the real total economic cost of the Vietnam War was to the United States. The paper concludes that a reasonable estimate of the economic impact of the Vietnam War on the American economy is that an entire year's worth of productive activity was used to fight the war.
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"The Vietnam War was the defining experience for a generation of Americans. Indeed, it is arguably one of the defining experiences of America as a whole in the Twentieth Century. Its impact on the men who fought there, the men (and women) who did not, the American military in general, American society and popular culture during and following the war has been well documented. However, it was not just a life changing experience for soldiers and protestors, or a force for social change, or even an inspiration for thousands of books and dozens of movies. War is not least an economic event. In addition to being a military defeat, a political blunder and a human tragedy, the Vietnam War was also an economic disaster."
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Indian Involvement in American Economics, 2002.
This paper looks at the results of the Southeastern Indians and the Powhatan of Virginia in the geopolitical and economic systems as those groups encountered the European colonialists in the eighteenth century.
1,641 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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The paper explains the difficulties faced by the Southeastern Indians and the Powhatan of Virginia as they attempted to integrate with the European colonists. The writer discusses how the failure of the Indians to emerge victorious in the struggle for integration was also to the decentralization of their cultures, as opposed to the highly organized and united cultures of the Europeans. The paper brings historical examples to back up this claim.
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"Despite European hegemony, "Powhatan culture remained more or less intact until well into the eighteenth century," because the Indians "were tenacious of their ancient way of life" (Rountree 144). Even when they lost much of their land, they were still able to maintain their culture (Rountree 144). However, that very tenacity and way of life were the main reasons they were ultimately overwhelmed by the Europeans. Only by becoming brutal and organized like the Europeans could they have longer sustained their culture, but in doing so they would have earlier lost the roots of that culture."
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Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World., 2008.
A Critique of Jack Weatherford's "Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World."
1,495 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 34.95
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The paper discusses that the term 'Indian giver' has come to be a synonym for someone who gives something, only to take it back. The paper further explains that it was the Indians who were forced to give to the Europeans--their knowledge about farming and fishing in the Americas and ultimately their land. The paper discusses that in Jack Weatherford's book, "Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World," the exchange between Europeans and Native Americans was an unequal one, with Europeans taking of the positive benefits of the New World, while the Indians were doing all of the giving. The paper concludes that unwittingly, the Indians found themselves the recipient of the evils of European civilization, like slavery, and a disrespectful attitude to the land.
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"According to Weatherford, the early post-Columbian contact of the Europeans with the native populace actually enabled the Industrial Revolution to change Europe, and ultimately the world. "Had Europe and America not come together through Columbus or some other connection, the industrial revolution would never have happened in the way we know it," because Europeans would never have gained access to the metals of the New World, or to Indian mines (Weatherford 57). This contact also generated the money economy of Europe and fueled a shift to a European economy based upon real, hard, convertible currency. Metal-based currency also was critical in fueling industrialism and world trade. By beginning the book with tales of South American encounters with Europe, which were particularly brutal and unequal from the beginning of the Indian-European relationship, Weatherford initiates a tragic tone, explaining how enslaved South American Indians mining gold and silver in Potosi supplied the precious metals for most of the European coins that generated wealth for the Old World at the expense of the liberty of the New World."
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Economic Growth and Economic Equality, 2002.
Economists view on the difference between economic growth and equality.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper reviews the reasons why economists think there is a conflict between our desire for economic growth and our desire for economic equality.
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India's Ancient Civilization to Modern Day Politics and the Legacy of the British Raj., 2001.
A look at India's development from as early as the 3rd millennium and how other nations and civilizations often imposed their rule on India. The primary focus of the paper is on how British rule in India continues to effect modern Indian politics.
3,960 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 6 sources, £ 75.95
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In this paper the author examines how British rule has made an impact on Indian politics. Making comparison to Abdullah Hussein?s characters in ?Weary Generations?, the author suggests that British rule, in modern Indian politics, continues to be ?an unhappy marriage that still is not broken?. The second section of the paper discusses political institutions in contemporary India and their relevance, whilst the third section looks at Indian ancient civilization which the author suggests has led to a modern day philosophy of non-violence, religious tolerance. The paper concludes with a look at democracy in India as compared to that in China and Japan.
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?The English made many external changes that led to the Indian people's desire and ability to become their own unified country. Although unification may never have happened without the influence of the British, it was the Indians themselves that eventually achieved their unity. The British could not completely unify India.?
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Behavioral Economics, 2004.
Examines an emerging, new subfield of economics known as behavioral economics.
2,367 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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This paper defines and explains the field of behavioral economics and highlights the major differences between behavioral economics and neo-classical economic theory. The paper goes on to demonstrate the value that behavioral economics has to offer to all aspects of the field of economics and how it can benefit the economic decision making process.
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"In their article on Behavioral Economics, Sendhil Mullainathan and Richard Thaler explain the importance and relevance of this emerging sub-field within the field of economics. The authors begin their discourse on behavioral economics by first placing in context the focus of the sub-field and the essential differences with the main branch of economics. Behavioral Economics combines the field of psychology and economics in order to investigate ??what happens to markets in which some of the agents display human limitations and complications.? (Mullainathan & Thaler) In other words, behavioral economics focuses on understanding socio-psychological behavioral aspects of economic agents."
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Islamic Economics, 1997.
Theoretical overview of the concept of Islamic economics, wherein economic activity is based on the teachings of the Koran. Identifies two primary branches of Islamic economics, the liberal school and the Tawhid school.
4,950 words (approx. 19.8 pages), 11 sources, £ 95.95
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"Islamic economics are a set of theories based on the teachings of the Islamic holy book, the Koran. Timur Kuran, author of the highly critical article in the American Economic Review, "The Discontents of Islamic Morality," argued that the purpose of Islamic economics as helping to "prevent Muslims from assimilating into the emerging global culture whose core elements have a western pedigree" (Kuran, 1996, 1). Kuran also believes that Islamic economics are primarily concerned with attaining cultural goals rather than improved fiscal goals. According to Kuran, these theories are an attempt to limit outside influence of any kind on the Arab world.
However, Timur Kuran makes a common error in his review of Islamic economics by assuming that it is one homogenous school of thought motivated solely toward limiting western influence. In fact ..."
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"Sex, Drugs, and Economics"--A Book Review, 2007.
This paper reviews Diane Coyle's popular work on economics entitled "Sex, Drugs, and Economics."
1,494 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper reviews Diane Coyle's book "Sex, Drugs, and Economics," which uses far-reaching examples such as the sex industry, illegal drugs, and sports to illustrate basic economic concepts. Coyle's thesis is that economics can explain human behavior in virtually every sphere of human life. Her book attempts to show this through basic economic concepts, such as supply and demand. Economics also is helpful to make apparently inexplicable aspects of human life clearer, such as why persons engage in risky activities more as teens than during other periods of their life, or why people chose to take illegal drugs. The paper concludes by stating that Coyle's book makes economics more understandable through its original and refreshing format.
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"Coyle analyzes the drug industry to examine the ways in which the industry functions much like a legitimate market. For example, dealers give away free samples, like marketers do with new forms of soap or shampoo, to get potential customers addicted or 'hooked' upon the product. (9) However, despite the fact that up to 50 percent of Americans have tried some form of illicit drug, not all drug consumers become hooked--the core market of persons who are addicted drive the incentive of sellers to continue to supply their habit, and the lack of comparable substitute goods for growers that yield a competitive profit creates an incentive to maintain the supply of the drug. (10)"
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Nancy Folbre?s ?The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values?, 2004.
This paper reviews Nancy Folbre?s ?The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values?, which discusses how families are adversely affected by today?s economics.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper explains that there is a conflict in our society between the economics of supply and demand and family values. The author points out that Folbre feels the problems of the welfare system are a direct result of the government?s lack of providing care for its citizens. The paper relates that, originally, school schedules were established in the days when farm families needed children to help with crops; but, today, this model is nothing more than an example of economic inefficiency.
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"The economic value of care giving has never been established and remains undervalued. So how do women who are the traditional caregivers move out of that role without feeling guilty because they are not living up to their familial obligations? There must be mutual responsibility when both parties maintain careers or work to enhance the quality of family life and maintain standards of living."
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